WWB-Area | Learning field

Science communication | Writing |Advanced

Starting Point

Peer-reviewing scientific manuscripts prior to publication is - as much as writing your own ones - a key task of scholars and a valuable service to the academic community. There is not much systematic information or training available on peer reviewing or on responding to peers‘ reviews and editors‘ comments. Instead, learning by doing is predominant. This training provides hands-on knowledge to researchers at the early stage of their careers who are just starting to write and review papers and who wish to rethink their practice.

Aim

This training aims at improving your skills in efficient, fair scientific peer reviewing. You will practice structuring and writing reviews and have your own review(s) being discussed. You will also get an overview of how to respond to reviewers. We will produce examples of answers to reviews you have received on your own manuscripts.

Content

• Reviewing: possible workflows, checklists and major do´s and don‘ts based on examples

• Practicing reviewing based on your own examples, 

  discussing your experiences
• Responding to reviews: codes and etiquette, possible workflows
• Practicing responding to reviewers based on own examples, discussing your experiences

Methods

Based on background knowledge provided in the training, you will practice giving reviews and responding to reviews. We will exchange and discuss personal experiences in open discussions.
Max. number of participants: 15.

Notes

This course is targeted at PhD students and early-stage researchers, with initial academic writing and reviewing experiences.
You are working on own papers and are already involved in peer reviewing.

For registration, please fill in the provided form. In case of any questions regarding the course, please contact Team WWB.

In case of any organizational questions please contact wwb@zewk.tu-berlin.de.

Your binding participation is very important to us. On the one hand, our courses are connected with high costs. On the other hand, we plan much group work and work interactively with you. Hence, should you be unable to attend the entire course or should you be prevented from attending the course at all, please let us know as soon as possible so that we can allocate the place to other interested persons. In the event of multiple unexcused absence, we reserve the right to exclude you from further ZEWK courses.

Please help us to develop our program in a targeted manner. Your data will not be disclosed to third parties.

Im Rahmen der Berlin University Alliance ist unser Programm für die Nachwuchswissenschaftler*innen der HU Berlin, FU Berlin und Charité geöffnet.